Thanks, Clive. As Andrew says, an evocative memorial.
I never met him but a few years back we held a critical seminar at West Chester on Hardy's poetry and Tim Murphy managed to get him to Skype in during one of our sessions. His knowledge of the poetry was impressive; as soon as we mentioned the poems we were looking at he was able to recite them from memory (as you testify, Clive), in addition to commenting on them. It wasn't a long call but it was very rewarding.
By the way, the vicarage of Bemerton, just opposite the church (and about three times the size of the church), is now home to Vikram Seth.
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